Month: February, 2025

A Helplessly Crumbling Mysuru!
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A Helplessly Crumbling Mysuru!

February 9, 2025

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The recent collapse of a second portion of the famed, more than a century old, Maharani’s College building in our city has claimed the life of a young daily wage earner, with his two little kids now being left fatherless and his household, left bereft of its only means…

Shortage of Fire Engines puts Mysuru at risk
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Shortage of Fire Engines puts Mysuru at risk

February 9, 2025

Summer fire threat looms… Mysuru: With winter ending and summer setting in, the scorching sun is expected to be harsher this year, increasing the risk of fire accidents across Mysuru. Vulnerable areas include Chamundi Hill, social forest zones, dry grasslands, open spaces, junk yards, warehouses, factories and plastic waste dumps. Also under threat are the…

NHAI blocks exits to curb toll evasion on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
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NHAI blocks exits to curb toll evasion on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway

February 9, 2025

Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has intensified its crackdown on toll evasion along the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275, blocking key highway exits at Bidadi and Srirangapatna to prevent motorists from bypassing the Sheshagirihalli toll plaza. While access to the highway remains open, the service road exit at Bidadi has been  sealed to stop vehicles…

Aided PU College employees’ problems: MLC to approach government
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Aided PU College employees’ problems: MLC to approach government

February 9, 2025

Mysuru: Stating that employees of aided PU Colleges in the State were facing one or the other problems, MLC K. Vivekananda assured that he would take up the matter with the Government and make best efforts for addressing them. He was speaking after inaugurating the  Mysuru District Unit of Karnataka State Aided PU Colleges Employees…

HDK inaugurates ‘Rashtriya Ekatmata Yatra’
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HDK inaugurates ‘Rashtriya Ekatmata Yatra’

February 9, 2025

Mysuru: North-eastern States which are home for varieties of cultures and traditions are not just a part but form the heart of our country, said Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK), here yesterday. He was speaking after inaugurating the Rashtriya Ekatmata Yatra-2025, organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthri Parishat (ABVP) as part…

Former FKCCI Chairman Sudhakar Shetty urges MUDA to issue E-Khata
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Former FKCCI Chairman Sudhakar Shetty urges MUDA to issue E-Khata

February 9, 2025

Mysuru: FKCCI (Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry) past Chairman S. Sudhakar Shetty has urged MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) to itself issue E-Khata certificates to sites in Privately developed Layouts coming its jurisdiction. In a letter written to the Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy, who is also the current MUDA Chairman, Shetty…

Two persons including stepfather sentenced to jail
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Two persons including stepfather sentenced to jail

February 9, 2025

Mysuru: City’s POCSO Special Court has sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 25,000 and has also sentenced the stepfather of a minor girl to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000 after they were found guilty of sexually assaulting the minor girl. While the man who…

Hazardous cleaning of sewers, septic tanks banned
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Hazardous cleaning of sewers, septic tanks banned

February 9, 2025

Mysuru: The Executive Engineer of Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC’s) Water Supply and UGD Division has banned pourakarmikas from getting into septic tanks and manholes for cleaning them without using  safety gears as per the Supreme Court order and Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. In a press release, the Executive…

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